"The minister arrived on Sunday afternoon and instructed our team not to take any footage of her, saying she was offended that our camera person was pointing a camera at her," eNCA reported.

The news agency has also said that it would be taking on Dlamini’s department as well as the Government Communication and Information System ( GCIS) “ to get answers and assurance that this will not be allowed to happen again”.

Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa had been met with criticism for retaining the disgraced minister at his Cabinet reshuffle last week. The president has announced that he will be appealing the Democratic Alliance’s application to have the minister removed.

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